GosuNoob Video Game Reviews
Halo Infinite Review – Recycled
It should have been called Halo Limited. The sixth main title in the Halo universe offers a third fragment of the narrative from the second big story arc. They call it “Reclaimer saga “, and if you are not a Halo insider, you won’t have a single clue what the hell is going on here….
GosuNoob REVIEWS ARCHIVE
Chorus Review – Space Temple Pilots
No game managed to topple mighty Freespace 2 from the space combat throne after twenty-two years, so it’s safe to assume that none ever will….
Hearts of Iron 4: No Step Back Review – The Motherland Knows
Second World War is the most widely exploited conflict in the history of the media. It provides inexhaustible inspiration for novelists, movie, and game-makers alike,…
Darkest Dungeon 2 Preview – Suicide Squad
One of the finest rogue-lite games in history is a pretty tough act to follow. How, exactly, could you top Darkest Dungeon? By making it…
Shin Megami Tensei V Review – Pokémon Diabolique
I have always been fascinated by the ability of Japanese RPG developers to blend and hybridize tenets and motifs of the major world religions. Using…
Battlefield 2042 Review – Rushed and Ruined
Through twenty years of Battlefield history, we witnessed many ups and only a few downs for this exceptional shooting franchise. Battlefield 1942, Battlefield: Bad Company…
Call of Duty: Vanguard Review – Inglourious Bores
This is the filler edition of Call of Duty. Between last year’s Black Ops Cold War and next year’s Modern Warfare, Vanguard sits like that…
Inscryption Review – Super High Stakes
It took me by the collar and shook the shit out of me, leaving me awestruck and with messed-up hair. Inscryption is a fantastic, one-of-a-kind…
Age of Empires 4 Review – New but mostly Old
Considering how much everything has changed in the last quarter of a century, Age of Empires 4 is almost Old-Testamentesque in its conservativism. It’s a…
Marvel’s Guardians of the Galaxy Review – Noble Morons
A big elephant stands between me, seated on a couch with the DualSense in my hands and a TV on the other side of the…
The Riftbreaker Review – Not in Kansas anymore
Colonel Miles Quaritch from James Cameron’s Avatar had this to say to every new batch of base security personnel: „You’re not in Kansas anymore. You’re…
Lemnis Gate Review – Time Rewinding Shenanigans
The newest trend in gaming is screwing with time. Lemnis Gate (a semi-clumsy pun on lemniscate, the famous infinity symbol) is an online arena shooter…
Alan Wake Remastered Review – Darkwood Dub
Eleven years after its release on Xbox 360, Alan Wake is considered a modern classic. It was a big-budget game, created as relaxed labor of…
Far Cry 6 Review – Nueva Canción
Blockbuster franchises are notoriously resistant to change. And yet, they must evolve or project the impression of evolving, lest people get bored. There is also…
Gas Station Simulator Review – Outselling Deathloop
I was in the mood for the lightweight, stupid simulated labor, and Gas Station Simulator delivered it in spades. Or gallons. Why did I single…
Sable Review – Boredom and Plagiarism
After a long and arduous search, I had managed to find a high-profile game more dull and pointless than Death Stranding. There needs to be…
Deathloop Review – No One Lives Forever
Even the authors renowned for genre-bending and experimentation can be super cautious when explaining the nature of their games. Ken Levine famously insisted that the…
Life is Strange: True Colors Review – Teenage Melodrama
It seems that the Life is Strange series is destined to forever waddle in its puddle of mediocrity. What started as an interesting take on…
King’s Bounty 2 Review – Unwieldy & Nerdy
The evolution of ACDsee, a popular image viewer from the nineties, should serve as a clear warning for the dangers of excessive inflating. Early versions…
Humankind Review – Numbers Game, Flawed
If you come for the king, you best not miss, said the charismatic, shotgun-wielding, drug-dealer-robbin’ Omar Little from The Wire, paraphrasing American essayist Ralph Waldo…